Quran 39:58 — Az-Zumar, verse 58
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Or, faced by punishment, it says, “If only I could have another chance, I would join those who do good!”
أَوْ تَقُولَ حِينَ تَرَى الْعَذَابَ لَوْ أَنَّ لِي كَرَّةً فَأَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُحْسِنِينَ
aw taqūla ḥīna tarā l-ʿadhāba law anna lī karratan fa-akūna mina l-muḥ'sinīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- it should say, when it sees the chastisement, 'O that I might return again, and be among the good-doers.'
- Muhammad Asad
- or lest he should say, when he becomes aware of the suffering [that awaits him], “Would that I had a second chance [in life], so that I could be among the doers of good!”
- Sahih International
- Or [lest] it say when it sees the punishment, "If only I had another turn so I could be among the doers of good."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | أَوْaw | Or | — |
| 2 | تَقُولَtaqūla | it should say | قول |
| 3 | حِينَḥīna | when | حين |
| 4 | تَرَىtarā | it sees | رأي |
| 5 | ٱلْعَذَابَl-ʿadhāba | the punishment | عذب |
| 6 | لَوْlaw | If | — |
| 7 | أَنَّanna | only | — |
| 8 | لِىlī | for me | — |
| 9 | كَرَّةًۭkarratan | another chance | كرر |
| 10 | فَأَكُونَfa-akūna | then I could be | كون |
| 11 | مِنَmina | among | — |
| 12 | ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَl-muḥ'sinīna | the good-doers | حسن |